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... Glacier des Bois ) , distant , by Forbes's map , a furlong or two less than four miles in a direct line from the point of observation . The observation was made on a warm sunny morning , about eleven o'clock , the sky clear blue ; the ...
... Glacier des Bois ) , distant , by Forbes's map , a furlong or two less than four miles in a direct line from the point of observation . The observation was made on a warm sunny morning , about eleven o'clock , the sky clear blue ; the ...
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... glacier , for instance , are not to be counted on the glacier itself , and yet their appearance is truly stated by Profes- sor Forbes to be " one of great importance , though from the two circumstances of being best seen at a distance ...
... glacier , for instance , are not to be counted on the glacier itself , and yet their appearance is truly stated by Profes- sor Forbes to be " one of great importance , though from the two circumstances of being best seen at a distance ...
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... glacier and weight of sea - waves it was engraven and finished into its perfect form , we may perhaps hereafter endeavor to con- jecture ; but here , as in few words the work is summed by the historian , so in few broad thoughts it ...
... glacier and weight of sea - waves it was engraven and finished into its perfect form , we may perhaps hereafter endeavor to con- jecture ; but here , as in few words the work is summed by the historian , so in few broad thoughts it ...
Page 132
... glacier and precipice , lies back in the corner of the diligence , perceiving little more than that the road is winding and hilly , and the country through which it passes cultivated and tame . Let him , however , only do this tame ...
... glacier and precipice , lies back in the corner of the diligence , perceiving little more than that the road is winding and hilly , and the country through which it passes cultivated and tame . Let him , however , only do this tame ...
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... glacier , and con- tinuing to flow even to the close of the summer , when more copious torrents , depending only on the melting of the lower snows , have left their beds " stony channels in the sun . " I suppose that my readers must be ...
... glacier , and con- tinuing to flow even to the close of the summer , when more copious torrents , depending only on the melting of the lower snows , have left their beds " stony channels in the sun . " I suppose that my readers must be ...
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Aiguille Albert Durer Alps appear artist bank beauty beds blue broken Chamouni chapter character Charmoz chlorite cleavage cliff clouds color composed contour crest curvature curves daguerreotype dark débris drawing earth edge examine expression fact Faido fall farther feeling feet flakes Fribourg give glacier gneiss granite grey heaven hills human imagination J. M. W. Turner kind landscape less light limestone lines look lower lowland Martigny Martin Schöngauer mass Matterhorn mica mind Mont Blanc moun mountain mystery nature nearly never noble observe outline paint painters Paul Veronese peaks perfect pine Plate Pre-Raphaelitism precipice purple ravines reader Rembrandt ridge rock round scene scenery seen shade shadows side slaty crystallines slope soft steep stones straight stream structure substance summit supposed Switzerland tain things tion Titian torrent trees true truth Turner Turnerian Valais valley waves whole
Popular passages
Page 53 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Page 371 - In these two princely boys! They are as gentle As zephyrs, blowing below the violet, Not wagging his sweet head: and yet as rough, Their royal blood enchafd, as the rud'st wind, That by the top doth take the mountain pine, And make him stoop to the vale.
Page 84 - The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Page 316 - For he is the Lord our God : and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
Page 363 - Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: Thou shalt not lack The flower, that's like thy face, pale primrose; nor The azur'd hare-bell, like thy veins; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Page 369 - Frascati villa with its bath, So, let the blue lump poise between my knees, Like God the Father's globe on both His hands Ye worship in the Jesu Church so gay, For Gandolf shall not choose but see and burst! Swift as a weaver's shuttle fleet our years: Man goeth to the grave, and where is he?
Page 369 - Ready to twitch the Nymph's last garment off, And Moses with the tables . . . but I know Ye mark me not! What do they whisper thee, Child of my bowels, Anselm?
Page 53 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
Page 88 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool...
Page 316 - For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field : And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.